Sunday, September 25, 2011

nutella scones

The recipe for this week's Baked Sunday Morning bakealong-blogalong is for Honey Corn Muffins. Yeah. Didn't feel like making that. So I made the first recipe the group posted about almost one year ago, way before I joined. Nutella Scones. Way more interesting than corn muffins!

Although I was never a big fan of recipes that called for cutting butter into flour, I've grown to like making scones and biscuits, even if I don't make them often. These came together pretty quickly, and were out of the oven by the time my husband got out of bed.

The recipe calls for toasted hazelnuts, but I couldn't find any in my pantry, so I just didn't add any nuts to these scones. I had read about other bloggers having trouble with the dough not coming together, so I added in a big spoonful of hazelnut praline that I had bought for something else, and never used. Although not as amazing as nutella, hazelnut praline is pretty delicious stuff. I drizzled most of my scones with both the praline and the nutella.

And for some reason, I didn't want triangle shaped scones that morning. So, just like the recipe instructed, I patted out the dough into a rectangle, spread nutella all over it, the rolled it into a cylinder (I feel like I'm in school learning about geometry writing this paragraph), and instead of flattening it and cutting it into wedges, I just sliced it in 8 pieces, to make round scones. I was hoping that I'd be able to see the nutella spiral on top of the scone...

They were a nice change from the usual weekend breakfasts. But I think the hazelnuts were definitively needed, to add some kind of texture to these scones. They were delicious, but very rich, and hard to eat almost. A tall glass of milk was needed to get these down! Certainly better than the corn muffins I was supposed to make, I'm sure!

13 comments:

My first reaction to this week's recipe was the same as yours, but I'm glad that I made them anyway because it took me down memory lane. Your nutella scones are so beautiful! I remember making these and thinking they were so different than the scones I normally make, but we loved them so much. I haven't made them since, but seeing your photos makes me want to make them again. Your photos are lovely!

I remember these scones! You're right, they're almost too rich to eat....almost. The corn muffins went over well at my house, so I am glad I made them. I already made that oatmeal cake for next time.....yum!!!

Now this looks like a good recipe. I was just thinking yesterday that I have 2 recipes to make up and one of them is nutella scones. Next time I'm not excited about a recipe, I'm making these. Looks delish.

Funny - I hated the nuts in mine! :) Good call - they're better without them. But they were easy and very delicious from what I remember - almost like dessert! Kudos for you for trying a substitute that worked for you!

I love Nutella, so would probably love these scones, too. I missed making them, so will have to try them sometime.

I was surprised you'd never had cornbread until I remembered you're from Canada! It's definitely very American. We served ours with Split Pea Soup, but it photographed terribly so I didn't include it. But, yes, it's generally served with Chili, Gumbo, or other soups.

Way to buck the tread! Who needs corn muffins when there is glorious Nutella! These look delicious... I loved them when we made them here (I think it was my first recipe in the club). Nice work, and as usual great post!

Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! That looks so hearty! I don't know why I used that term--maybe because it look so country fresh! I'd love to make this for my sister! She LOVES Nutella! I'm going to check the recipe. Thanks!

I have never seen a scone that looked so gooey and luscious! I don't care how rich they are - gimme! I usually don't flip over scones, but add Nutella, and I now flip over them. They not only look yummy, they look gorgeous! I must make these soon. I need really fudgy and simple afer weeks of croissants lol.

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